Girls can't play baseball at Hoover Middle School, but Joelle is determined to find a way to play the game she loves.
It's not fair! Thirteen-year-old Joelle Cunningham is passionate about baseball. When her family moves to the small town of Greendale, Iowa, she quickly discovers that there are strict rules preventing her from playing on the school team.
At Hoover Middle School, only boys play baseball. Girls play softball. Joelle tries to tell everyone they're not the same sport. But no one is listening. Not Coach Carlyle who doesn't want her on his team, even though they're at the bottom of the league. Not Ms. Fenner, the softball coach who wants Joelle to use her big-league swing on the girls' softball team. Not even Jason, her older brother, who is too busy at college to be of much help.
Through some creative problem-solving and surprising alliances, Joelle finds a solution to her dilemma that brings the disputing sides together...and baseball to the girls of Greendale.
Author Dori Hillestad Butler has created a high-spirited, indomitable character that readers will admire and root for in this story of frustrated ambition and ultimate triumph.
Dori Hillestad Butler has published magazine stories, educational materials, plays, book reviews, characters for a board game, and over sixty children's books. A two-time Geisel Honor Book winner for King & Kayla and the Case of the Missing Dog Treats and King & Kayla and the Case of the Lost Tooth, she has also been nominated for children's choice awards in nineteen different states and won the 2011 Edgar Award for the best juvenile mystery for Buddy Files: Case of the Lost Boy. She lives in Washington.
"Joelle is a well-drawn character, sometimes unsure of her place in the scheme of things, and at other times ready to take on the world.. . . Breezy and fast-paced, with a feminist slant."—Kirkus Reviews
"The well-paced plot will engage readers, who will be moved by the story of a young teen who stands up for what she believes and goes after what she wants."—Booklist
"Filled with realistic emotions and dialogue, this involving tale has just the right amount of baseball action.. . . a winning story that will appeal to many readers."—School Library Journal
Girls can't play baseball at Hoover Middle School, but Joelle is determined to find a way to play the game she loves.
It's not fair! Thirteen-year-old Joelle Cunningham is passionate about baseball. When her family moves to the small town of Greendale, Iowa, she quickly discovers that there are strict rules preventing her from playing on the school team.
At Hoover Middle School, only boys play baseball. Girls play softball. Joelle tries to tell everyone they're not the same sport. But no one is listening. Not Coach Carlyle who doesn't want her on his team, even though they're at the bottom of the league. Not Ms. Fenner, the softball coach who wants Joelle to use her big-league swing on the girls' softball team. Not even Jason, her older brother, who is too busy at college to be of much help.
Through some creative problem-solving and surprising alliances, Joelle finds a solution to her dilemma that brings the disputing sides together...and baseball to the girls of Greendale.
Author Dori Hillestad Butler has created a high-spirited, indomitable character that readers will admire and root for in this story of frustrated ambition and ultimate triumph.
Creators
Dori Hillestad Butler has published magazine stories, educational materials, plays, book reviews, characters for a board game, and over sixty children's books. A two-time Geisel Honor Book winner for King & Kayla and the Case of the Missing Dog Treats and King & Kayla and the Case of the Lost Tooth, she has also been nominated for children's choice awards in nineteen different states and won the 2011 Edgar Award for the best juvenile mystery for Buddy Files: Case of the Lost Boy. She lives in Washington.
"Joelle is a well-drawn character, sometimes unsure of her place in the scheme of things, and at other times ready to take on the world.. . . Breezy and fast-paced, with a feminist slant."—Kirkus Reviews
"The well-paced plot will engage readers, who will be moved by the story of a young teen who stands up for what she believes and goes after what she wants."—Booklist
"Filled with realistic emotions and dialogue, this involving tale has just the right amount of baseball action.. . . a winning story that will appeal to many readers."—School Library Journal
